bassoon

English
two bassoons

Etymology

From French basson.

Pronunciation

Noun

bassoon (plural bassoons)

  1. A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
    Synonym: fagotto (dated)
    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
      Higher and higher every day, / Till over the mast at noon— / The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bassoon (third-person singular simple present bassoons, present participle bassooning, simple past and past participle bassooned)

  1. To play the bassoon.
  2. To make a bassoon-like sound.

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

bassoon

  1. Illative singular form of basso.
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